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Woods had marijuana in system at arrest
Tiger WoodsFORT LAUDERDALE: Tiger Woods had the active ingredient for marijuana, two painkillers and two sleep drugs in his system when he was arrested on a DUI charge earlier this year, a report released Tuesday by police said.Police in Jupiter, Florida, released the report less than a week after the golf superstar agreed to enter a diversion program to settle his driving while intoxicated charges. The report's contents were first reported...
DOHA: In this Sunday, July 9, 2017 file photo, men wait for a bus in front of a building with the poster of Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. — AP
Bruised but coping, Qatar economy remains strong
DOHA/ZURICH: Qatar's sovereign wealth fund, with around $300 billion to its name, is shrugging off the country's diplomatic crisis with its neighbors and planning to expand its holdings.Its chief executive was quoted yesterday as saying there were no plans to liquidate foreign assets-as some investors had speculated-and that the fund would soon announce big new international investments. "We have just completed a tour of several countries around...
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India cracks down on shell companies; 200,000 shut
Hundreds of shell firms located in KolkataNEW DELHI/KOLKATA: When India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi banned high-denomination currency bills in a surprise move late last year, authorities noticed a surge in shell companies depositing cash in banks, seemingly in a bid to hide who owned that wealth.The moment, said a top aide to Modi, was an eye-opener for the government, which had not realized just how much shell companies were being used to...
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Al-Mazaya Holding among top 10 listed firms for corp governance
Among fastest in submitting disclosure reports: CMAKUWAIT: Al-Mazaya Holding has been ranked among the top 10 out of 233 listed companies in Kuwait for the second consecutive year that boast the most robust and transparent corporate governance system for 2017.This comes in a report released by the Kuwait's Capital Markets Authority (CMA), where the top 10 companies that have proved among the fastest firms in submitting their governance reports...
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Neutron beams, x-rays reveal more about T rex relative
NEW MEXICO: A model of a monstrous, bone-crushing Tyrannosaurus rex sits on display in the main room of the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science in Albuquerque, New Mexico. —APALBUQUERQUE: Researchers at a top US laboratory announced Tuesday that they have produced the highest resolution scan ever done of the inner workings of a fossilized tyrannosaur skull using neutron beams and high-energy X-rays, resulting in new clues that...
A street memorial is lit during a candlelight vigil for Elvis Presley in front of Graceland, Presley’s Memphis home, in Memphis, Tennessee. — AP
$28.75 charge to visit Elvis' grave during vigil upsets fans
A street memorial is lit during a candlelight vigil for Elvis Presley in front of Graceland, Presley’s Memphis home, in Memphis, Tennessee. — APFor nearly four decades, fans of the late singer Elvis Presley have made a solemn procession past his grave at his Graceland mansion during the annual candlelight vigil commemorating his death, without paying a penny. This year, on the 40th anniversary of the rock 'n' roll icon's death, it cost them...
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Bugs on the menu at Swiss supermarket
Switzerland's first insect-based food aimed at humans will go on sale next week following a revision of the country's food safety laws, a supermarket chain said Monday. Switzerland's second-largest supermarket chain, Coop, announced it would begin selling an insect burger, and insect balls, based on protein-rich mealworm.The products, made by a Swiss start-up called Essento, will be available in a handful of Coop branches, including in Geneva,...
Food Network star Anne Burrell shows off some of her creations for an all-Cheetos menu for a three-day pop-up restaurant, during a press preview in New York.
Dangerously cheesy? Cheetos pop-up restaurant opens in NYC
Food Network star Anne Burrell shows off some of her creations for an all-Cheetos menu for a three-day pop-up restaurant, during a press preview in New York.Gourmet fun or just plain cheesy? A three-day pop-up restaurant devoted to Cheetos, yes Cheetos, opened in Manhattan on Tuesday, with every table already booked with diners ready to pay between $8 and $22 for such creations as Cheetos meatballs, Cheetos crusted fried pickles, Cheetos tacos,...
This combination of file photos shows, (LtoR), Britain’s Diana, Princess of Wales, arriving at the Lille Congress Hall in Lille, France, for the opening of Paul McCartney’s oratorio ‘Liverpool’; Britain’s Diana, Princess of Wales, visiting the Badshahi Mosque in Lahore; Britain’s Diana, Princess of Wales, arriving at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute dinner dance in Sydney. —AFP photos
Princess Diana: Fashionista who shook up the royal dress code
This combination of file photos shows, (LtoR), Britain’s Diana, Princess of Wales, arriving at the Lille Congress Hall in Lille, France, for the opening of Paul McCartney’s oratorio ‘Liverpool’; Britain’s Diana, Princess of Wales, visiting the Badshahi Mosque in Lahore; Britain’s Diana, Princess of Wales, arriving at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute dinner dance in Sydney. —AFP photosPrincess Diana revolutionized the...
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Blame on both side
OUAGADOUGOU: Municipal workers walk past the Aziz Istanbul restaurant yesterday, the scene of a terrorist attack late Aug 13. — AFP
Amir saddened over Kuwaitis killed in Burkina
OUAGADOUGOU: Municipal workers walk past the Aziz Istanbul restaurant yesterday, the scene of a terrorist attack late Aug 13. — AFPKUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al- Jaber Al-Sabah yesterday expressed his condolences over the death of two Kuwaiti citizens in a terrorist attack targeting a cafe in the Burkinabe capital Ouagadougou. Grand Mosque Imam Dr Waleed Al-Ali and Kuwaiti citizen Fahd Al-Husseini were there on a charity...
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Messila coast hit by oil spill, second in a week
Authorities clueless on source of new oil slickKUWAIT: Authorities yesterday reported a second oil slick off the state's shores days after saying another large spill was under control. The new slick was spotted some 60 km north of the first spill, tweeted Sheikh Talal Khaled Al-Sabah, spokesman for national oil conglomerate Kuwait Petroleum Corp (KPC). The Environment Public Authority said the latest spill near the Officers' Club off the Messila...
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This undated imageshows a colorized transmission electron micrograph of mpox particles (green) found within an infected cell (pink and purple) cultured in the laboratory. - AFP
Mpox global health emergency, Kuwait monitoring situation
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VARANASI: Medical students shout slogans and hold posters as they protest the rape and murder of a young medic from Kolkata, in Varanasi on August 15, 2024. -- AFP
Protests sweep India over rape and murder of doctor
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Indians mark Independence Day
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Kuwait Society for Relief’s second relief plane. - KUNA photos
Kuwait sends relief planeload to Sudan
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KUWAIT: People watch pearl diving boats as they arrive at the main beach at the end of the 33rd annual pearl diving festival. Pearl-diving trips are held annually under the patronage of the Kuwaiti Amir in order to keep traditions alive.
Pearl diving trip winds up